Šarūnas Bartas Explained

Šarūnas Bartas
Birth Date:	1964 8, df=yes
Birth Place:	Šiauliai, Lithuania
Occupation:	Film director
Years Active:	1986–present

Šarūnas Bartas (born 16 August 1964) is a Lithuanian film director.^[1] He is one of the most prominent Lithuanian film directors internationally from the late 20th century. His 2015 film Peace to Us in Our Dreams was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.^{[2] [3]} His film In the Dusk was part of the official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival.^{[4] [5]}

Filmography

• Tofolaria (1986, short film)
• In the Memory of a Day Gone By (Praėjusios dienos atminimui) (1990, documentary)
• Three Days (Trys dienos) (1991)
• The Corridor (Koridorius) (1995)
• Few of Us (Mūsų nedaug) (1996)
• The House (Namai) (1997)
• Freedom (Laisvė) (2000)
• "Children Lose Nothing" in Visions of Europe (2004)
• Seven Invisible Men (Septyni nematomi žmonės) (2005)
• Eastern Drift (Eurazijos aborigenas) (2010)
• Peace to Us in Our Dreams (Ramybė mūsų sapnuose) (2015)
• Frost (2017)
• In the Dusk (Sutemose) (2019)

Awards

• 1990 - Audience Award in International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, for "Praėjusios dienos atminimui"
• 1992 - FIPRESCI Prize - Honorable Mention and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention in Berlin International Film Festival, for "Trys dienos"
• 1995 - FIPRESCI Prize in Viennale, for "Koridorius"

C.I.C.A.E. Award in Torino International Festival of Young Cinema, for "Koridorius"

• 2000 - CinemAvvenire Award – Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature, in Venice Film Festival, for Laisvė

Further reading

• Šarūnas Bartas: The Philosopher of Lithuanian Cinema & Šarūnas Bartas' Films, Renata Šukaitytė, in: Lithuanian Cinema: Special Edition for Lithuanian Film Days in Poland 2015, Auksė Kancerevičiūtė [ed.]. Vilnius: Lithuanian Film Centre, 2015. .

Notes and References

1. Book: Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Peter Rollberg. Rowman & Littlefield. 2016. US. 978-1442268425. 87–88.
2. Web site: The Directors' Fortnight 2015 selection! . 21 April 2015 . Quinzaine des Réalisateurs . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150423224901/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/the-directors-fortnight-2015-selection-p487.html . 23 April 2015 .
3. Web site: Cannes: Directors' Fortnight Unveils 2015 Lineup . Justin Chang . 21 April 2015 . 21 April 2015 . Variety.
4. Web site: 5 June 2020. The films of the Official Selection 2020. Cannes Film Festival.
5. Web site: Keslassy. Elsa. 2020-06-03. Pixar's 'Soul,' Wes Anderson's 'French Dispatch,' Steve McQueen Movies Among Cannes 2020 Lineup. 2020-06-11. Variety. en.